Cigar holder



April 9, 1935. .p PETERSON L 1,996,829

CIGAR HOLDER Filed Sept. 21, 1933 INVENTOR P6124. Peiezpazz.

BY JfiJA TTORNEY 5 Patented Apr. 9, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE r 2 Claims.

This invention relates to holders for cigars, cigarettes and the like, as used by smokers while consuming such prepared, rolled forms of tobacco.

Direct contact of the ,lips with the article smoked is distasteful to many persons, besides which the butt ends of cigars become foul from absorbing the nicotine in the tobacco and moisture from the mouth to such an extent that a considerable portion of a cigar is discarded in an unconsumed condition.

To obviate such unsanitary conditions and avoid actual material loss, recourse is made to holders of varying shapes, sizes and lengths, as being cleanly and productive of a cool satisfactory smoke. 7

However, the ordinary holder depends wholly upon frictional contact between its inner, conical cavity and end of the cigar for retaining it i in proper position, it being thus held in a manner far from secure.

Having this matter in mind, it is an object of the invention to provide means, combined with a holder, whereby a cigar or the like is firmly held with positivesecurity until it is desired to release the butt.

A further feature is in the provision of a holder in which are arranged one or more prongs adapted to pierce the entered end portion of -a cigar whereby it is impaled radially, and positively prevented from removal until the prongs are retracted.

Another purpose is to produce a cigar holder on which is mounted a semi-rotatable band by which the impaling prongs are forced into the cigar or withdrawn therefrom at will.

A further aim is to provide a holder for a cigar supplied with means that not only retain the cigar when entered therein, but also, by reason of perforating the cigar wrappenprovide effective draft means, obviating the necessity of cutting off the tip or puncturing the entering portion of the cigar.

These and other advantageous objects are accomplished by the novel construction and combination of simple parts hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, constituting a material part of this disclosure, and in which:

' Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view showing a cigar holder made in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of, the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view, parts being broken away to show the construction.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view showing the device as ready to receive a cigar.

Figure 5 is a similar transverse sectional view 5 taken on line 5-5. of Figure 1, showing the retaining means in operative position.

Throughout the several views, a cigar holder body of conventional type is indicated by the numeral III," the same having a conical opening II, in its larger outer end; registering therewith is a passage II, the same extending through the tip l3, of the holder, this tip being preferably enlarged so as to be held readily in the mouth of a smoker.

Secured on the rim of the wall surrounding the opening II, is a guard M, of channel shaped cross section, adaptedto be forced onto and into the wall and acting as a protective guard.

This guard ring ll acts to retain in operative position a knurled band l5 disposed on the body vof the holder, its inner edge being adjacent an enlarged of portion of the body II) which acts as a stop limiting relative longitudinal movement.

The body ID has formed through it two oppositely disposed recesses l6, which are substantially right angled triangles, their base I! being radially disposed and their altitudes l8 tangen tial to the opening ll.

Pivotally mounted on pins l9, set in the sides of'the channel band l5 are prongs 20, slightly curved and provided with points adapted to pierce the entered end of a cigar when the knurled band I5 is moved in one direction, as in Figures 1, 2 and 5, in which position they are backed against the recess wall H to extend substantially radially into the opening ll.

Upon turning the band IS in the opposite direction, the prongs are withdrawn into the recesses, against the walls l8, offering no impediment to the insertion or removal of a cigar.

Stops 2|, set in the wall of the recess Ii, limit the retraction of the prongs as best seen in Figure 4.

It is to be noted that the prongs act as perforators whereby a suitable draft is secured through the cigar.

From the foregoing it will be seenthat a 5 simple device for this purpose has been disclosed in the preferred form of its embodiment, but it is not desired to restrict the details to the exact construction shown, it being obvious that changes, not involving the exercise of invention, '55

may be made without conflicting the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A holder having a conical recess to receive the butt end of a cigar, a corrugated band rotatable on the body of said holder, said body having opposed angular passages leading to the recess, a channelled guard ring fixed on the end of said holder to retain the rotatable band thereon, spurs pivoted to said ring to operate in said passages whereby said spurs may be moved into tangential and radial positions relative to the inner wall of the conical cavity.

2. A cigar holder comprising a chambered body suited to receive a cigar in one end and having a mouth-piece on the opposite end, the

wall of said body being reduced in thickness, both exteriorly and interiorly at the end leading to the chamber, a metal guard abutting the chambered end, said guard having flanges tight fitting the inside and outside of the reduced portions of said body, a band rotatable on the reduced outer portion of said body, said band being retained in position by said guard, prongs adapted to pierce and retain a cigar entered into said holder, said prongs being pivotally mounted in said band in opposed relation, means in said body to cause said prongs to project radially inward when the band is turned in one direction and to retract the prongs when the band is turned in an opposite direction,

and stops fixed in the wall of said body to limit 7 the retraction of said prongs.

PER A. PETERSON. 

